The well-informed CCTV host Liu Jianhong dared to vouch for it on the TV station in front of fans across the country: He has never seen a national team with such a strong desire to win, even if it is just a national youth football team. Full of confidence.
Youngsters who are confident and energetic, full of endless desire to win the game, use extremely passionate tactics to interpret their game, their stage, their youth, and their era!
And...their Chinese football!
After watching the Chinese team's victory over Burkina Faso, Liu Jianhong stayed awake all night in the National Youth Hotel in Port of Spain. He finally got up in the early hours of the morning and looked at the silent Port of Spain and the sea outside the harbor in the night.
Starlight, amidst the sound of waves, made an international long-distance call to Zhang Bin in China. They were CCTV colleagues, personal friends, and teammates in an amateur team. They once cheered for the national football team together, cried for the national football team together, and
Criticize the Football Association, and comment on the games of European strong teams with envy.
Zhang Bin, who had just arrived at work, unexpectedly heard Liu Jianhong's incoherent and excited voice through the microphone, and had to interrupt with a smile: "Jianhong, please slow down, it sounds a bit confusing to me. Don't forget, you are the host of CCTV.
, act like a CCTV host! This is not the time for you to be in Shijiazhuang."
Liu Jianhong on the other end of the phone said angrily: "I know, I didn't fool him when I was in Shijiazhuang! But, Lao Zhang, this national junior, let me put it this way, I have never seen such a good-looking game, even if
It’s a youth game! I can’t wait to watch the game with you right now and have a great chat over a beer!”
Zhang Bin smiled and said, "Then when you come back, you have to urge the station director to buy us more equipment so that we can broadcast live earlier next time."
"Oh, Lao Zhang, please stop teasing me. I can't sleep in the middle of the night. It's two o'clock in the middle of the night in Trinidad! I've been lying down since ten o'clock in the evening, and my mind is turning over and over with the 90 minutes of today.
I have replayed the competition in my mind twice! I would be choked to death if I didn’t talk to anyone about it!”
Zhang Bin finally became serious: "Jianhong, is this national youth team really so good? The score... Oh, there is a briefing on my desk, 6:3, right? A lot of goals were indeed scored, but this is not a big deal.
Does it make you so excited?"
"Old Zhang, you can't understand how I feel just by looking at the data. Besides, you can look through the national junior data at hand and look at the previous data!"
Zhang Bin lowered his head and flipped through the folder of the National Youth League. It was a folder with only five pages. The first page was the formation time and the introduction of the two head coaches, and the second page was the first, second and third batch of players.
On the list, the third page contained simple statistics for the Asian Youth Championship. Wang Bin turned to the fourth page, which clearly listed: The second group stage of the 9th World Junior Men's Football Championship: September 14, 2001, China
On September 16, 2001, the Chinese national team lost 6:4 against the Nigerian national team; on September 19, 2001, the Chinese national team lost 7:5 against the French national team! On September 23, the quarterfinals match
, China’s national junior team beat Australia 9:1; September 27, semi-final, China’s national junior team beat Burkina Faso 6:3!
Zhang Bin muttered while watching: "In the group stage, we defeated the United States, not bad... Oh? Did you even win the two-time champion Nigeria? That's great! Hey, this is France, the two sides scored 12 goals,
It’s an offensive battle! Don’t talk about it, Jianhong, the offensive power of this national junior team is quite terrifying, it’s a goal-scoring performance, right?”
Next, Zhang Bin didn't wait for Liu Jianhong to answer, and suddenly exclaimed: "Hey! We won Australia 9:1? Didn't I mistakenly think this was Mongolia or Brunei? Australia, Asia is top-notch! It's actually
Scored 9 goals! Let me see, let me see, eh, Master Wang scored two, Cao Di scored two, Chen Tao scored one, Zhao Xuri scored one, Guo Liang scored one... Huh? Gao Lin, Wang Yongpo? These two
Who is this? Let me see...ah! This is the third-term national youth!"
After thinking for a few seconds, Zhang Bin said solemnly: "Speaking of Jianhong, I probably understand how you feel. The offensive power of this national junior team is overall strong. To have so many people score goals unless the opponent's system collapses."
, or maybe our tactical system is mature and creates a lot of opportunities... Also, the team's main scorer is willing to be humble... right? The main scorer should be Master Wang, right? Now, um, he has entered the eighth grade.
A goal, Chen Tao six?! In this case, if the team's absolute scorer can be humble to other players or even substitute players, then this national team must be very united and the atmosphere must be very good. Then, inevitably, their tactical coordination must be very good.
If you are mature, then the game must be good to watch, right, Jianhong? Right? Well? Are you listening again? Hey, hey?"
"Huh!" Liu Jianhong let out a long breath and said with great admiration: "Old Zhang, I am convinced by you! How can you guess so accurately? You can see so many things just by looking at the data. This is almost the same as watching a live broadcast.
Got it!"
Wang Bin smiled and said: "I have nothing else to watch except the game data. When you come back, we will watch the video together. As for why I guessed so much... Haha, kid, the road to Xiongguan is really like iron, and now I am crossing it from the beginning.
Let’s start from scratch!”
Liu Jianhong on the other end of the phone shook his head and laughed: "Old Zhang, I really admire you this time. What you said is absolutely right! I have been in this national junior team for a week, and among these noisy young players
There are no hidden antagonisms and divisions between us. You know, I was stripped of my right to interview and my right to speak by Master Wang, but he allowed me to go deep into the life training of the national youth, train, eat, and rest with them.
I was allowed to sit in on a tactical meeting! In addition to not being able to open my mouth, my eyes and ears could have an unobstructed view of this national junior team! So, the national junior team has no secrets from me now! The relationship between Master Wang and Gao Hongbo
It's also very good. Usually Xiao Wang will put forward a tactical idea for Gao Hongbo's reference. Gao Hongbo rarely refutes Xiao Wang's opinions after weighing it. However, other team members also dare to talk back and quarrel with Xiao Wang, who keeps his word.
During the team training before the semi-finals, they had a heated argument over tactical choices. As a result, in the first 20 minutes of the game, the Chinese team's change of formation did not go well, and in the end they changed to the one they are using now.
Set up tactics."
"What tactics did they use? What formation?" Zhang Bin asked keenly.
"Yes, yes!" Liu Jianhong couldn't help but raise his voice: "This is what I want to tell you. It makes me so excited that I can't sleep. Their tactics...formation...I can't tell you! But I tell you this.
Let's talk about it, the formation should be mainly 352, but it changes frequently. Master Wang is sometimes a forward, sometimes an attacking midfielder, and even played as a defensive midfielder, full-back, and full-back, so the formation is always changing. But the tactics are very different.
Stable. Let me put it this way, it gives me the feeling that the Chinese team as a whole and every player is very nimble. They will not seriously collide with the opponent, and will even avoid the opponent's collision. When I say this, you must feel that Lao Zhang
This national youth team is very 'soft', right? Quite the opposite! The players avoid collisions, but the team's tactical style is extremely tough! The desire to attack is extremely strong, and almost the entire game is about attacking, attacking, and attacking continuously. As long as the players can still
If they can run, no matter what the score is, they are always on the offensive path!"
Liu Jianhong took a breath and calmed down his excited mood and tone: "Old Zhang, I think about it calmly now. This tactical style is completely different from the strict positional warfare. What the Chinese team launched is a rapid surprise attack! Completely
Ignore your defense, ignore your formation, launch an attack directly and quickly from the backcourt, quickly pass through the midfield, and then the midfielder in the frontcourt directly creates a shooting opportunity, and then he shoots. Lao Zhang! Two games
, the top eight and the semi-finals, the national junior shot more than 60 times in each game! Lao Zhang, more than 60 times!"
This chapter has been completed!